Yes, the originators of haiku wereBuddhists, but the role of zen has been highly “overvalued” in haiku. You do not have to be a zen Master to appreciate or understand haiku (see Chapt. 3 of the Kacian Haiku Primer).

For a lot of very good reasons, most haiku poets writing in English don’t follow the 5-7-5 syllable rule. (see Lanoue,Kacian, and even Giacalone)

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